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US-10868488

Six-wire three-phase motor, inverter device, and motor system

PublishedDecember 15, 2020
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Technical Abstract

A six-wire three-phase motor that can realize both of increasing an output and reducing a torque ripple is provided. A six-wire three-phase motor is a six-wire three-phase motor including: a stator including a winding wire wound independently between phases; and a rotor including a plurality of magnets in a circumferential direction, wherein the stator or the rotor is configured in such a manner that a third harmonic current component in a motor current of when an overmodulation voltage based on a PWM signal is applied becomes higher than a third harmonic current component in a motor current of when a sinusoidal modulation voltage based on the PWM signal is applied.

Patent Claims
7 claims

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1. A six-wire three-phase motor comprising: a stator including a winding wire wound independently between phases; and a rotor including a plurality of magnets in a circumferential direction, wherein the stator or the rotor is configured in such a manner that a third harmonic current component in a motor current of when an overmodulation voltage based on a PWM signal is applied becomes higher than a third harmonic current component in a motor current of when a sinusoidal modulation voltage based on the PWM signal is applied, and wherein the winding wire is arranged in the stator with a pitch of ⅔ of a magnetic pole pitch.

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2. The six-wire three-phase motor according to claim 1 , wherein an induced voltage generated in the winding wire due to the magnets includes no third harmonic component.

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3. The six-wire three-phase motor according to claim 2 , wherein the winding wire is arranged in the stator such that no third harmonic component is included in the induced voltage generated due to the magnets.

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4. The six-wire three-phase motor according to claim 3 , wherein the stator is a two-pole three-slot concentrated winding stator or four-pole three-slot concentrated winding stator.

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5. The six-wire three-phase motor according to claim 2 , wherein a pole-arc ratio of the magnets is ⅔.

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6. An inverter device that applies an inverter applied voltage by PWM control based on a carrier wave and a signal wave to the six-wire three-phase motor according to claim 1 , wherein the signal wave includes a fundamental wave having amplitude higher than amplitude of the carrier wave and a third harmonic signal and has amplitude equal to or lower than the amplitude of the carrier wave.

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7. A motor system comprising: the six-wire three-phase motor according to claim 1 ; and an inverter device that applies an inverter applied voltage by PWM control based on a carrier wave and a signal wave to the six-wire three-phase motor, wherein the signal wave includes a fundamental wave having amplitude higher than amplitude of the carrier wave and a third harmonic signal and has amplitude equal to or lower than the amplitude of the carrier wave.

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Filing Date

June 19, 2017

Publication Date

December 15, 2020

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